Like the bush that burns unconsumed, the potter stands in a fire that surrounds her and her rock kiln where she heats her ceramics. The double mountain on the left, a symbol of transformation, echoes the double spouted wedding vase on the ground, a symbol of union, while a crowned bird flies in with a gold ring, symbolic of both union and completion. This image symbolizes transformation to our highest level, the coming together of the separate parts of our personality into an integrated higher self. Jungian psychology calls this experience individuation and like other profound changes it is difficult, a trial by fire.